Asylum Seeker Resource Centre blog

    • 26 NOV 14
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    ASRC 2014 Annual Report now available

    Our annual report for the 2013-2014 financial year is now available online. The annual report contains everything you need to know about the happenings at the ASRC over the past year: who we have helped and how, our supporters and donors, statistics for the year, financial information and more.

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    • 26 NOV 14
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    Morrison resorts to bullying tactics and furphies to sell cruel bill

    Scott Morrison is sounding increasingly desperate and petulant in his attempts to push through his cruel migration bill. He continues to use bullying tactics to get cross-bench Senators to support his plans, by claiming that it’s the only way the 30,000 asylum seekers currently in Australia will have their refugee applications resolved. ASRC Director of Advocacy Serina McDuff

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    • 12 NOV 14
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    Government officials mislead UN Torture Committee

    Government testimony to the UN Committee Against Torture is misleading and an attempt to circumvent international law. “At a time when we are hosting the G20 and painting ourselves as a major international player on the world stage, behind the scenes, we are busily abrogating our international responsibilities to asylum seekers,” Director of Advocacy Serina

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    • 12 NOV 14
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    Asylum Seeker Privacy Breach Unlawful – Still No Redress for 10,000 Affected

    The Australian Privacy Commissioner has delivered a damning report into the Department of Immigration’s data breach which saw the private details of nearly 10,000 asylum seekers made public on its website. People’s names, gender, citizenship, date of birth, period of immigration detention, location and boat arrival details were displayed on the Department’s website for over

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